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SOLAR ENERTECH CORP. 2008 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN

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Title: SOLAR ENERTECH CORP. 2008 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
Date: 8/19/2008
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

SOLAR ENERTECH CORP. 2008 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN, Parties: solar enertech corp
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SOLAR ENERTECH CORP.

2008 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN

 

1.   Establishment, Purpose and Term of Plan .

 

1.1    Establishment . The Solar Enertech Corp. 2008 Restricted Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”) is established effective as of August 19, 2008 (the “ Effective   Date ”).

 

1.2    Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Participating Company Group and its stockholders by providing an incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the Participating Company Group and by motivating such persons to contribute to the growth and profitability of the Participating Company Group.

 

1.3    Term of Plan . The Plan shall continue in effect until its termination by the Committee; provided, however, that all Restricted Stock Awards must be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the Plan’s Effective Date.

 

2.   Definitions and Construction .

 

2.1    Definitions . Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:

 

(a)   Affiliate ” means (i) an entity, other than a Parent Corporation, that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediary entities, controls the Company or (ii) an entity, other than a Subsidiary Corporation, that is controlled by the Company directly or indirectly through one or more intermediary entities. For this purpose, the term “ control ” (including the term “ controlled by ”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the relevant entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; or shall have such other meaning assigned such term for the purposes of registration on Form S-8 under the Securities Act.

 

(b)   Award Agreement ” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Restricted Stock Award granted to the Participant.

 

(c)   Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d)   Cause ” means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with respect to an Award by the Participant’s Award Agreement or by a written contract of employment or service, any of the following: (i) the Participant’s theft, dishonesty, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty for personal profit, or falsification of any Participating Company documents or records, in each case which has a material detrimental effect on a Participating Company’s reputation or business; (ii) the Participant’s unauthorized use, misappropriation, destruction or diversion of any tangible or intangible asset or corporate opportunity of a Participating Company (including, without limitation, the Participant’s improper use or disclosure of a Participating Company’s confidential or proprietary information) in each case which has a material detrimental effect on a Participating Company’s reputation or business; or (iii) the Participant’s conviction (including any plea of guilty or nolo contendere ) of any criminal act involving fraud, dishonesty, misappropriation or moral turpitude, or which impairs the Participant’s ability to perform his or her duties with a Participating Company.

 

 

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(e)   Change in Control ” means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with respect to an Award by the Participant’s Award Agreement or written contract of employment or service, the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)   any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors; provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (1) an acquisition by any such person who on the Effective Date is the beneficial owner of more than fifty percent (50%) of such voting power, (2) any acquisition directly from the Company, including, without limitation, a public offering of securities, (3) any acquisition by the Company, (4) any acquisition by a trustee or other fiduciary under an employee benefit plan of a Participating Company or (5) any acquisition by an entity owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the voting securities of the Company; or

 

(ii)   an Ownership Change Event or series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, a “ Transaction ”) in which the stockholders of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain immediately after the Transaction direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors or, in the case of an Ownership Change Event described in Section 2.1(t)(iii), the entity to which the assets of the Company were transferred (the “ Transferee ”), as the case may be; or

 

(iii)   the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall be deemed not to include a transaction described in subsections (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.1(e) in which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the continuing, surviving or successor entity, or parent thereof, immediately after such transaction is comprised of Incumbent Directors.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.1(e), indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which own the Company or the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities. The Committee shall have the right to determine whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting securities of the Company or multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

 

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(f)   Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(g)   Committee ” means the Compensation Committee and such other committee or subcommittee of the Board, if any, duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers in each instance as shall be specified by the Board. If, at any time, there is no committee of the Board then authorized or properly constituted to administer the Plan, the Board shall exercise all of the powers of the Committee granted herein, and, in any event, the Board may in its discretion exercise any or all of such powers.

 

(h)   Company ” means Solar Enertech Corp., a Nevada corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.

 

(i)   Consultant ” means a person engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than as an Employee or a Director) to a Participating Company.

 

(j)   Director ” means a member of the Board.

 

(k)   Disability ” means the inability of the Participant, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the major duties of the Participant’s position with the Participating Company Group because of the sickness or injury of the Participant.

 

(l)   Dividend Equivalent Right ” means the right of a Participant, granted at the discretion of the Committee or as otherwise provided by the Plan, to receive a credit for the account of such Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Stock for each share of Stock represented by an Award held by such Participant.

 

(m)   Employee ” means any person treated as an employee (including an Officer or a Director who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a Participating Company; provided, however, that neither service as a member of the Board nor payment of a director’s fee shall be sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of the Plan. The Company shall determine in good faith and in the exercise of its discretion whether an individual has become or has ceased to be an Employee and the effective date of such individual’s employment or termination of employment, as the case may be. For purposes of an individual’s rights, if any, under the terms of the Plan as of the time of the Company’s determination of whether or not the individual is an Employee, all such determinations by the Company shall be final, binding and conclusive as to such rights, if any, notwithstanding that the Company or any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination as to such individual’s status as an Employee.

 

(n)   Exchange   Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(o)   Fair   Market   Value ” means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as determined by the Committee, in its discretion, or by the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly allocated to the Company herein, subject to the following:

 

 

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(i)   If, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, or is quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”), the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Stock (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices of a share of Stock if the Stock is so quoted instead) as quoted on such national, regional securities exchange, market system or OTCBB constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, the OTCBB or such other source as the Company deems reliable. If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Stock has traded over the counter or on such securities exchange or market system, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Committee, in its discretion.

 

(ii)   If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange, market system or OTCBB, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the Committee in good faith without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse, and subject to the applicable requirements, if any, of applicable law.

 

(p)   Incumbent Director ” means a director who either (i) is a member of the Board as of the Effective Date or (ii) is elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but who was not elected or nominated in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors of the Company.

 

(q)   Insider ” means an Officer, a Director of the Company or other person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(r)   Insider Trading Policy ” means the written policy of the Company pertaining to the purchase, sale, transfer or other disposition of the Company’s equity securities by Directors, Officers, Employees or other service providers who may possess material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or its securities.

 

(s)   Officer ” means any person designated by the Board as an officer of the Company.

 

(t)   Ownership Change Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to the Company: (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the stockholders of the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party; or (iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (other than a sale, exchange or transfer to one or more subsidiaries of the Company).

 

(u)   Parent   Corporation ” means any present or future “parent   corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

(v)   Participant ” means any eligible person who has been granted one or more Restricted Stock Awards.

 

 

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(w)   Participating Company ” means the Company or any Parent Corporation, Subsidiary Corporation or Affiliate.

 

(x)   Participating   Company   Group ” means, at any point in time, all entities collectively which are then Participating Companies.

 

(y)   Restricted Stock Award ” means an award of Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 6.

 

(z)   Rule   16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation.

 

(aa)   Securities   Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(bb)   Service ” means a Participant’s employment or service with the Participating Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a Director or a Consultant. A Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders Service to the Participating Company Group or a change in the Participating Company for which the Participant renders such Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s Service. Furthermore, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company. However, if any such leave taken by a Participant exceeds ninety (90) days, then on the ninety-first (91st) day following the commencement of such leave the Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated, unless the Participant’s right to return to Service is guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Company or required by law, a leave of absence shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining vesting under the Participant’s Award Agreement. A Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the corporation for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Participant’s Service has terminated and the effective date of and reason for such termination.

 

(cc)   Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 4.3.

 

(dd)   Subsidiary   Corporation ” means any present or future “subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

(ee)   Vesting Conditions ” mean those conditions established in accordance with the Plan prior to the satisfaction of which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award remain subject to forfeiture or a repurchase option in favor of the Company exercisable for the Participant’s monetary purchase price, if any, for such shares upon the Participant’s termination of Service.

 

2.2   Construction . Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

 

 

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3.   Administration .

 

3.1    Administration by the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. All questions of interpretation of the Plan, of any Award Agreement or of any other form of agreement or other document employed by the Company in the administration of the Plan or of any Award shall be determined by the Committee, and such determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Award, unless fraudulent or made in bad faith. Any and all actions, decisions and determinations taken or made by the Committee in the exercise of its discretion pursuant to the Plan or Award Agreement or other agreement thereunder (other than determining questions of interpretation pursuant to the preceding sentence) shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest therein.

 

3.2    Authority of Officers . Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, determination or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, determination or election.

 

3.3    Administration with Respect to Insiders . With respect to participation by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements, if any, of Rule 16b-3.

 

3.4    Powers of the Committee . In addition to any other powers set forth in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the full and final power and authority, in its discretion:

 

(a)   to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Restricted Stock Awards shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock to be subject to each Restricted Stock Award;

 

(b)   to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each Restricted Stock Award (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the method of payment (if any) for shares purchased pursuant to any Restricted Stock Award, (ii)&


 
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